I am currently using the default 3column template provided with VP-ASP 7 because I need the 3 col option on the frontpage. In the subpages of the site, I revert to a single column layout because I need the full width of the container for products.

The problem I am running into is, when I drop the right/left sidebar in the shoppage_header / shoppage_trailer, I lose these columns within the Layout manager as well.

Here is a workaround I have used several timesI would make a copy of your 3 column parsed frontpage and name it index.aspSet your webconfig to read that first.Then you can edit it and manually FTP over to the server.This also allows some javascript that sometimes interferes with the VPAsp system on your intro page.Step 2 Lose the 3 column config.. in VPAspSet your VPAsp terminal to the template you wish and control it normally for all the additional pages.default.asp should be renamed default2.asp or something else and noted in your menu manager

"The problem I am running into is, when I drop the right/left sidebar in the shoppage_header / shoppage_trailer, I lose these columns within the Layout manager as well."

I solved this issue by still using two templates one for front and one for the subpages, but I kept the call in the template for the sidebars and simply added another class to the div containing this sidebar. This had display:none; applied to the sidebar and allowed the layout manager to still show the needed boxes. Hope this helps someone.

Well this problem came up again and the issue did not resolve itself as before. I found out the reason was is because I had renamed the divs that encapsulate the individual layout manager items. For example, footer's div is vp_footer and if you rename that to something different, you lose that box in the layout manager.

If you want to keep that new name, simply jump into /youradminfoldername/shophpmgrsubs.asp and search for the old div name and replace with your new name.

Absolutely if you are using the default stylesheets. Normally after every install I blow out everything from layout.css and keep shop700.css. Then start building the site from scratch with layout.css. Thats just me though because normally our carts have such custom styling that they require more than the default layout styling.